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by vel0city 1053 days ago
I had a friend buy a Model Y Long Range (EPA 326mi) over a Mach E AWD Extended Range (EPA 270mi) mainly because the Y supposedly had better advertised range (they were similarly priced at the time). 56mi of range along with the big mental idea of a bit over 300 or under 300.

In Edmonds testing the difference was really only 13mi. Really not that significant in the end.

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The cars are just very different. MachE is a car with batteries. Model Y is an iPhone with wheels. Trying to buy for a single spec is a bit of crapshoot anyway.

I also suspect the range gap is more than 13 in winter, as the model Y has more advanced heat pumps.